Rudder attachment.



Patented Mar. 4, I902.

E. G GAILLAC. RUDDER ATTACHMENT. (Kpplication filed July 28, 1901'.)

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A tiorney -UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EUGENE G. GAILLAG, OF JONESPORT, MAINE.

RUDDER ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 694,468, dated March 4, 1902. Application filed July 23,1901. Serial No, 69,434. (No model.)

To all whont it may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE G. GAILLAC, a resident of J onesport, in the county of Washin gton and State of Maine,'have invented cer tain new and useful Improvements in Rudder Attachments; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in rudder attachments, and more, particularly to mechanism for connecting rudders to boats, the object of the invention being to provide improvements of this character which will permit of easy connection and removal of the rudder and which connection will hold the rudder in proper position without danger of its accidental displacement.

A further object is to provide an improved rudder connection which will be extremely simple in construction, cheap to manufacture, neat in appearance, and strong and durable when in use'.

With these objects in View the'invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a view illustrating my improvements on the stern of a boat. Fig. 2 is a view in section. Fig. 3 is a view of the stern of the boat with the rudder removed, and Fig. 4 is a view of the rudder detachedf Fig; 5 is a modification. i

1 represents the stern of a boat, and 2 my improved rudder connected therewith. Into the stern-post a strip 3 of metal is countersunk and secured in place by screws or nails, so as to bring the outer face of said strip 3 flush with the face of the stern, and inwardlyinclined flanges 4 are provided on the side edges of said strip and an upwardly-projecting flange 5 at the lower endof the strip, the lower end of said strip, with the side flanges thereon, being slightly contracted, as shown, and said side flanges may be notched or left solid, as desired. This strip 3, with the flanges thereon, forms the guide or holder to receive the sliding bar 6 on the rudder, as will now be explained. This sliding bar is made fiat on its face Whichbears against strip 3 and has beveled or inclined sides and lower end to rest, respectively, behind flanges 4 and 5, so as to securely hold the bar in place. To the upper end of this bar 6 a hook or loop 7 is secured, and near the lower end of the bar a loop 8 is provided, and said bar is preferably severed between the members of said loop to permit the connection of the lower bracket 9. Asimilarbracket 10 is connected to the upper loop 7, and said brackets each com prise a bar contracted between its ends, so that when the bar is bent upon itself this contracted portion forms a loop to interlock with the loop of the sliding bar 6, and the respective ends of the brackets are countersunk into the opposite sides of'the rudder and secured thereto by rivets or other suitable devices, the rudder being notched in its inner edge to receive the loops or hooks of the sliding bar and hold such edge of the rudder in close proximity to the boat.

It will be seen that with myimprovements the bar 6 can'be readily slid down into the guide or holder or removed therefrom, the flange 5 at the bottom and the contracted end of the strip 3, with the side flanges at thereon, serving as a stop to limit the downward movement of the rudder, andhence hold the latter in proper position, and as the strip 3 is coun-. tersunk into the stern-post,its outer face lying flush therewith, and the bar 6 is held tight thereagainst by the flanges' and 5, thus holding the rudder close against the stern, but at the same time permit it to befreelyswung to either side as far as is ever desirable.

Instead of providing the hooks or loops 7 and 8 on bar 6 I might provide straight cylindrical bearings 12, as shown in Fig. 5. With this form of bar it is not necessary to notch the rudder to permit the latter to swing freely, as the straps or brackets 11 are made to project beyond the rudder to permit the latter to swing.

Various other slight changes might be resorted to in the general form and arrangement of the several parts described without departing from the spirit and-scope of myinvention, and hence I would have it understood that I do not wish to limit myself to the precise details set forth as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with the stern of a boat, of a strip countersunk into the stern-post and secured thereto, integral inclined flanges on the sides and lower end of said strip, the latter tapering at its lower end, a bar having inclined sides and lower end and tapering at its IO lower end, hooks or loops on said bar, brackets bent around said hooks or loops and secured to the sides of the rudder.

2. The combination in a rudder attachment, of a plate secured to the stern of the 15 boat and provided with flanges at its sides 

